Improvement in implements for reaping-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT einen.

V. S. STETSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTS FOR REAPlNG-MACHINES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 30,167, dated September 25, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. S. S'rn'rsoN, of Baltimore, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented an improved implement for reaping-machines,consisting ofa rake and fork combined; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe principle or character which distinguishesv it from all other things before known, and ot' the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of Which- Figure l is a perspective View of the implement, and Fig. 2 a detached view ot the fork. My invention consists in anew implement, combining a rake and fork,'for use in connection with reaping-machines, described and represented as follows:

One end of the rake ct is provided with a fork, b, constructed substantially as shownin [the drawings, although the exact number,

form, and arrangement of the tines are not essential, so that they may be used as follows:

The raker carries the gavel rearward on the platform by the usual movement of the rake, and then, instead ot' passing it over the side of the platform by the continued use ot' the rake-teeth, the fork on the end of the rake is used to pitch the gavel oft". This is e'ected by bringing the rake and fork into the position shown at e, Fig. 3.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved implement for harvesters, the same consisting ot' the combination ot' a rake and fork, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

XV. S. STETSON.

Witnesses:

D. KNOX, J. DAMAR. 

